Fence



No. 751,600. PATENTED PEB. 9, 1904.

' H. ALLEN.

FENCE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3,1903.

N0 MODEL.

W/ TNESSES- Patented February 9, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HEBER ALLEN, OE BLQUNI, ILLINOIS.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,600, dated February 9, 1904.

Application filed November 3, 1903. Serial No. 179,655. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HEBER'ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Blount, in the county of Vermilion, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Fences, of which the following is a full, complete, and exact description.

This invention relates to the construction of fences, and especially to that type comprising a series of uprights or standards linked together by longitudinally-extending connections therebetween. v

The object of the invention is the production of a fence of the character described in which a minimum amount of wood will be employed in its construction and in which no portion of the wood so employed will be embedded in the ground, thus obviating the possible rotting of same from contact with the earth.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction whereby the structural firmness of the uprights or standards will be increased in rproportion to the increased lateral tension on the connecting-links therebetween.

Vith the above and other objects in view the invention consists 'in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. Y

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a fence embodying my improved construction.v Fig. 2 is a side eleva-tion of one of the intermediate standards. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the corner-posts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the intermediate uprights or standards, and B the corner-posts, employed in the construction of my improved fence. As shown, the intermediate standards A have iiexible connections C and D extending, respectively, from the top and base of the standard and secured to an anchor E in any suitable manner. rIhe connections and anchor are fixed on the opposite sides of each successive standard. The posts B have similar connections and anchors fixed on two adjacent sides thereof. Flexible connections F, preferably of stout wire, serve to link the standards together, said connection passing around the opposite'v side of each successive standard, so as to exert a pull on the standard against its anchor when the tension of the connecting-links is increased. The connecting-links E pass through suitable eyes G, secured to the standards. By providing the corner-posts B with anchors on adjacent sides it will be obvious that the structural firmness of said posts is effected by the simultaneous tension of the connections Fin different directions.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isw

f 1. In a fence, the combination of a pair of corner-posts loosely anchored from adjacent faces thereof, a series of intermediate posts each successively and loosely anchored from op/posite sides and a series of flexible links connecting said posts, said links successively engaging the sides of said posts from which they are anchored.

2. In a fence, the combination of a pair of corner-posts loosely anchored from adjacent faces thereof, a series of intermediate posts, anchors situated on the opposite sides of each successive intermediate post, connections from the top and base of each post loosely securing same to its respective anchor and a series of flexible connections or links connecting said posts, said links successively engaging the sides of said posts from which they are anvchored.

HEBER ALLEN.

l/Vitnesses:

COREN ALLEN, Jos. H. BARNHART. 

